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~*`diane~*

why are we here? to fulfill our potential.

About Me


about me?... ...artist and teacher with two cats named ricki and fred, little eel named eddie... i have two masters degrees one in art therapy and one in elementary education, johns hopkins and george washington university....5th generation washingtonian.... ...you must see the movie gilbert grape!....and stare at fireflies...and paint just once in your life....and spend an entire day with a group of children, they will keep you in the present moment and laughter will help heal the pain of the day...regular meetings help balance me...i've worked hard on myself over the years...inner work...which has left lots of room for play and joy....worthwhile work that i love....the only part of working that i don't like is having to wake up early...i'm not a morning person....i love my job....i have a good life...i try to live life as the glass is half full......"joy and pain, like sunshine and rain" by frankie beverly......kahil gibran, a lebanese poet and writer gives a wonderful perspective on life and it's mysteries....so does joeseph campbell....and carl jung....different language but the same truth....the truth is the truth...it never changes.....just different words superimposed upon it....all religions are spokes on a wheel...going towards the center which is God.....and to me it doesn't matter what spoke one uses to get to God as long as one strives for the Truth, Oneness, Creative Spirit.....favorite mantra? "thy will not mine..."...sea glass and watercolors....no matter what, i do get cranky behind a slow driver in the left lane....no one died when clinton lied!!!!! sobriety date: Jan 20, 1990
quantum physics in action...observer in action...submerged in the present moment...have you ever stopped to look at yourself through the eyes of the ultimate observer?...i am connected, i am not alone...interconnectedness...spirituality...to acknowledge the quantum self...physics of possibilities...without judgement...simply are...why are we here?...to fulfill our potential...p
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My Interests

friendstraveling is the best!

I'd like to meet:

ANIMAL RIGHTS I believe I am not interested to know whether Vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't. To know that the results are profitable to the race would not remove my hostility to it. The pains which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity towards it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further. It is so distinctly a matter of feeling with me, and is so strong and so deeply-rooted in my make and constitution, that I am sure I could not even see a vivisector vivisected with anything more than a sort of qualified satisfaction. I do not say I should not go and look on; I only mean that I should almost surely fail to get out of it the degree of contentment which it ought, of course, to be expected to furnish. (Mark Twain) - Letter to London Anti-Vivisection Society, May 26, 1899
i don't have a favorite flower but i just love star lilies' scent....flowers are amazing....
picasso

Music:

(not music, just like the image....)

Movies:



a good 4th step movie...in addition to just a good movie...al pacino is always good!


james dean plays an alcoholic in this movie...this movie was ahead of it's time...a classic and a must see....

with cat stevens music, this movie is about friendship, love and life...another classic...
if you're alive it's a requirement!

Books:

"The overarching goal of Jungian psychology is the reconciliation of the life of the individual with the world of the supra-personal archetypes. Central to this process is the individual's encounter with the unconscious. The human experiences the unconscious through symbols encountered in all aspects of life: in dreams, art, religion, and the symbolic dramas we enact in our relationships and life pursuits. Essential to the encounter with the unconscious, and the reconciliation of the individual's consciousness with this broader world, is learning this symbolic language. Only through attention and openness to this world (which is quite foreign to the modern Western mind) is the individual able to harmonize their life with these suprapersonal archetypal forces."
joseph campbell

Heroes:

“A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe', a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” ~Albert Einstein
helen keller and mark twain

My Blog

from another's blog...and i say BRAVO!

Is there anything more despicable than taking a name that has earned a reputation for goodness and virtue and using it for selfish purposes? That is the question that members of the Washington DC Alco...
Posted by ~*`diane~* on Sun, 06 May 2007 08:57:00 PST

god doing for me what i couldn't do for myself....

well, hello there....long time no see!....a couple of weeks ago, i put my apple in my case to go to work, put my case on my shoulder and my case wasn't closed! my laptop dropped onto my hardwood floor...
Posted by ~*`diane~* on Sun, 06 May 2007 07:51:00 PST

anis nin

ANAIS NIN's BlurbsAbout me:"I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger than reason. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the mar...
Posted by ~*`diane~* on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:37:00 PST

i can......

feeling overwhelmed with everything i have to do but grateful.....i have an amazing jobbeautiful children to be with everydaya safe car to drive inmy cats are healthy and happyi have all of my sensesi...
Posted by ~*`diane~* on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:15:00 PST

an anniversery

spirals, the universe, a shellan egg lost....an anniversery.nine years ago...yes, i'm lucky.am i allowed to mourn still?blessings and losses....living life on life's terms.another year, knock on wood....
Posted by ~*`diane~* on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:14:00 PST

jung

HOW TO RECOGNIZE ARCHETYPAL IMAGES:they carry a high emotional charge (positive, negative, or both simultaneously); they have a powerful, compelling effectfor an individual, they frequently recur in s...
Posted by ~*`diane~* on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:06:00 PST

GRATITUDE LIST

my art roomart materialspaint tubescolorsflowersspringpresent momentshirley temple movieslast night gathering with friends at my homemy momkathymcaathe stepsprayervictora new paint brushmy cara good n...
Posted by ~*`diane~* on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:55:00 PST

655 days left

well, let's see...the last time i wrote anything i was pretty moody.....after step-work, some meditation, meetings, talking with my sponsor, blah blah blah....the clouds have left.....and i'm wearing ...
Posted by ~*`diane~* on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:42:00 PST

"hedgerow" and the heart shaped pond

"hedgerow", it was nice visiting you today...old friend. So...you have a new family.i hope they are nice to you....the canadian geese said hello...and i knew the snapping turtles were below.there wer...
Posted by ~*`diane~* on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:44:00 PST

sometimes contractors are switched midstream....

yo! do you hear that?that's right!! it was the alarm.....does anyone run the show? OF COURSE NOT!the curtain falls on that one...it's intermission time;and she goes for a cigarette.another lesson lear...
Posted by ~*`diane~* on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:25:00 PST